![]() ![]() I held up the tub for a little while but thought I had better go in the house as the sun was starting to set. The male, with the wonderful red crown, built up his courage and also flew to the top of the shed door to get some food. I held up the tub and she started eating from it. She then flew to the top of the open shed door beside me and walked along it towards my position. I was not sure what she was doing but I filled up a small tub with bird seed and held it out. I thought she was heading for some blooms at the end of the branch but she kept coming down closer. Somewhat strangely, the female, the all-grey bird, started coning down a branch towards the shed door where I was standing after putting my bike inside. On a weekday afternoon I was putting my bike away after my ride home from work when I heard some Gang-gangs fly into a tree in our yard. Gang-gangs are listed as vulnerable in NSW/ACT so it is always great to see them, although the challenge for them is to find breeding trees at this time of the year. Because I had already titled this post and set down the framework, I sort of just had to tack this encounter and photographs onto the bottom of this post but I wanted to share my experience. And juveniles sit begging - constantly and loudly – making no apparent attempt to feed for themselves.After I drafted the plan for this post I had an encounter in my back yard with wild Gang-gang Cockatoos ( Callocephalon fimbriatum) that made my spirts soar. Feeding birds may be at any level in the vegetation, even at ground level. This apparently destructive behaviour is due to their determined searching for wood-boring grubs of moths or beetles.Ī feeding flock often involves some birds sitting high in the trees, calling an alarm if approached. They are also famous for tearing into the bark and branches of various trees, often dropping branches or snapping small saplings. For example, they take the woody fruit of Eucalyptus, Hakea, Banksia and a variety of introduced trees, including plantation pine trees. They feed in a wide variety of trees and may be found in woodland, parks, coastal heath or forest. In flight their long-tails, dark colour, and loud calls are distinctive. Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos may be seen flying in small or large flocks. Where to look for Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoos
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